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acity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination. The compass of his argument. Wodsworth.

To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause. No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him. Tillotson. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith. Rom. iii. 28.…

Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive. [Obs.] Arguments highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale.

To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect with another.

the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.

follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.

necessity of being believed . . . because it is of divine authority. Locke. These kind of arguments . . . are highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale.

Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable. Milton. The arguments of tyranny are ascontemptible as its force is dreadful. Burke.

A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for. All men seem agreed what is to be done; the contention is how the subject is to be divided and defined. Bagehot. This was my original contention, and I still main…

contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with. The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with in, when there are hopes of victory. Bp. Burnet. Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest Pope.

Convincing. [R.] The best and most convictive argument. Glanwill. -- Con*vict"ive*ly, adv. -- Con*vict"ive*ness, n.

To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof. Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others. Atterbury.

Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

into a position of great difficaulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.

ngthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information.

ce. Macaulay. I think it a great error to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages. Swift.

or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument. The course of true love never did run smooth. Shak.

in banc, or Court in bank, The full court sitting at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius. -- Court of Arches, audience, etc. See under Arches, Audience, etc. -- Court of Chancery. See Chancery, n. -- Court of Common pleas. (Law) See Comm…

one's self; as, age creeps upon us. The sothistry which creeps into most of the books of argument. Locke. Of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women. 2. Tim. iii. 6.